Share Issue/Capital Change • May 22, 2015
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Multiconsult ASA - Stabilisation and over-allotment notice
Oslo, 22 May 2015: Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement
published on 22 May 2015, in which Multiconsult ASA ("Multiconsult" or the
"Company") announced the successful completion of its initial public offering
(the "Offering").
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Multiconsult ASA - Stabilisation and over-allotment notice
Oslo, 22 May 2015: Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement
published on 22 May 2015, in which Multiconsult ASA ("Multiconsult" or the
"Company") announced the successful completion of its initial public offering
(the "Offering").
Arctic Securities AS (the "Stabilisation Manager") may, on behalf of the Joint
Bookrunners for the Offering and listing on the Oslo Børs of the shares (the
"Shares") of Multiconsult, engage in stabilisation activities in the Shares from
today, 22 May 2015, to and including 19 June 2015 (the "Stabilisation Period").
The stabilisation transactions are aimed to support the market price of the
Shares. In connection with the Offering, the Joint Bookrunners have been granted
an over-allotment option (the "Over-allotment Option") and have over-allotted to
the investors in the Offering 1,590,000 Shares, which equals 15% of the number
of Shares sold in the Offering before over-allotments. The over-allotted Shares
have been borrowed from Stiftelsen Multiconsult.
The Over-allotment Option entitles the Joint Bookrunners, at the request of the
Stabilisation Manager, to purchase up to 1,590,000 additional Shares from
Stiftelsen Multiconsult at a price per Share equal to the offer price in the
Offering of NOK 78 per Share (the "Offer Price").
The Stabilisation Manager (or persons acting on behalf of the Stabilisation
Manager) may effect transactions that stabilise or maintain the price of the
Shares at a level higher than that which might otherwise prevail, by buying
Shares in the open market at prices equal to or lower than (but not above) the
Offer Price. However, there is no obligation on the Stabilisation Manager or any
person acting for the Stabilisation Manager to do so. Moreover, there is no
assurance that the Stabilisation Manager (or persons acting on behalf of the
Stabilisation Manager) will undertake stabilisation activities. If stabilisation
activities are commenced, they may be discontinued at any time, and must end
upon the expiry of the Stabilisation Period.
Within one week after the end of the Stabilisation Period, the Stabilisation
Manager and the Company will jointly inform the market through the Oslo Stock
Exchange's information system under the Company's ticker symbol, "MULTI", of
whether any stabilisation transactions have been effected, the date at which
stabilisation started, the date at which stabilisation last occurred, and the
price range within which stabilisation was carried out for each of the dates
during which stabilisation transactions were carried out.
Any stabilisation activities will be conducted in accordance with Section 3-12
of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act and Commission Regulation (EC) No.
2273/2003 implementing Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council as regards exemptions for buy-back programmes and stabilisation of
financial instruments.
For further details see the prospectus dated 8 May 2015 issued by Multiconsult
in connection with the Offering.
ABG Sundal Collier Norge ASA and Arctic Securities AS (collectively the
"Managers") are acting as Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners in the
IPO.
About Multiconsult ASA
Multiconsult is a leading Norwegian multidisciplinary engineering consulting
firm, with more than 1,700 employees and 30 offices in Norway and abroad.
Multiconsult's home market is Norway, representing 92% of 2014 operating
revenues. The Company focuses on six market
areas[1] (http://file///C:/Users/gc/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Temporary%20I
nternet%20Files/Content.Outlook/5RV57N5V/MULTI%20
-%20Stabilisation%20notice_220515vFINAL%20(clean).docx#_ftn1); Buildings and
Properties (33%), Transport and Infrastructure (31%), Energy (16%), Oil and Gas
(12%), Industry (4%) and Environment and Natural resources (4%). The Company has
an operating history that spans more than a century, with the inception of Norsk
Vandbygningskontor in 1908. In 2014, Multiconsult completed more than 8,000
projects for approx. 3,700 different customers.
[1] % figures are share of operating revenues in 2014
Important Notice
This announcement is not and does not form a part of any offer to sell, or a
solicitation of an offer to purchase, any securities of the Company.
Copies of this announcement are not being made and may not be distributed or
sent into the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan or any other jurisdiction
in which such distribution would be unlawful or would require registration or
other measures.
The securities referred to in this announcement have not been and will not be
registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), and accordingly may not be offered or sold in the United States absent
registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act and in accordance with applicable U.S. state securities laws.
The Company does not intend to register any part of the offering in the United
States or to conduct a public offering of securities in the United States. Any
sale in the United States of the securities mentioned in this announcement will
be made solely to "qualified institutional buyers" as defined in Rule 144A under
the Securities Act.
Any offering of the securities referred to in this announcement will be made by
means of a prospectus. This announcement is not a prospectus for the purposes of
Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended, together with any applicable implementing
measures in any Member State, the "Prospectus Directive"). Investors should not
subscribe for any securities referred to in this announcement except on the
basis of information contained in a prospectus.
In any EEA Member State that has implemented the Prospectus Directive, this
communication is only addressed to and is only directed at qualified investors
in that Member State within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive.
This communication is only being distributed to and is only directed at persons
in the United Kingdom that are (i) investment professionals falling within
Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial
Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the "Order") or (ii) high net worth entities,
and other persons to whom this announcement may lawfully be communicated,
falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together
being referred to as "relevant persons"). This communication must not be acted
on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons. Any investment or
investment activity to which this communication relates is available only to
relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons. Persons
distributing this communication must satisfy themselves that it is lawful to do
so.
Matters discussed in this announcement may constitute forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical
facts and may be identified by words such as "believe", "expect", "anticipate",
"strategy", "intends", "estimate", "will", "may", "continue", "should" and
similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this release are based
upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further
assumptions. Although the Company believes that these assumptions were
reasonable when made, these assumptions are inherently subject to significant
known and unknown risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important
factors which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond its control.
Actual events may differ significantly from any anticipated development due to a
number of factors, including without limitation, changes in public sector
investment levels, changes in the general economic, political and market
conditions in the Norwegian market, the Company's ability to attract, retain and
motivate qualified personnel, changes in the Company's ability to engage in
commercially acceptable acquisitions and strategic investments, and changes in
laws and regulation and the potential impact of legal proceedings and actions.
Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors could cause
actual events to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in
this release by such forward-looking statements. The Company does not guarantee
that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements in this
presentation are free from errors nor does it accept any responsibility for the
future accuracy of the opinions expressed in this presentation or any obligation
to update or revise the statements in this presentation to reflect subsequent
events. You should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements in
this document.
The information, opinions and forward-looking statements contained in this
announcement speak only as at its date, and are subject to change without
notice. The Company does not undertake any obligation to review, update,
confirm, or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements
to reflect events that occur or circumstances that arise in relation to the
content of this announcement.
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